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Medicina o Cura Hook

I just put the finishing touches on a Medicina o Cura unit a couple of weeks ago and it was finally time to try all the new parts with my intermediates. Many will pursue a career in healthcare and I’d love for them to take away the understanding that our class gives them a skill not everyone has!

We started the unit with a hook. If you buy my TPT unit, I have the handouts and specific instructions and questions but basically I brought a boiled egg to school and drew on some clothes.

I needed one per class so I made triplets!

When they came in, we listened to our song of the week “A mi burro” and did a manipulative activity then I picked up my egg and introduced him. We talked about what he looked like and what we thought his personality was like. Then I handed him to this guy, Dash.

Unfortunately when we finished talking about what great friends “Huevo-bert” and Dash were, Dash passed him to me and he fell…. and cracked. I didn’t do the best job of making it look natural but most of them bought it.

We took pictures of his injuries on my phone. This class is small so I didn’t need to project them, we just looked at his injuries together. We used the structures on our list to diagnose what was wrong with him and then filled in his medical chart. (All docs are available in the unit if you don’t have time and energy to make your own!

Poor Huevo-bert. He was in bad shape. Lots of injuries to his spine and head. A broken arm and a cracked booty! ¡Ay, ay, ay!

I pulled out my first aid kit and we went to work deciding what kind of treatment he needed. It was a lot of fun and the Spanish was flowing both as we talked about Huevo-bert as an egg friend and about his injuries after he had the great fall. Day 1- Success!

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